Chapter 407: Chapter 227: Success! Escape Far Away!_3

Several second-tier powerhouses gritted their teeth and turned to flee backward.

For them, instead of continuing to chase Lu Li and gamble on an uncertain outcome, it was better to search for Crystal Core Fragments.

Zhang Dingren and the remaining few still pursued in the direction where Lu Li had fled.

Their strength was inferior to the earlier teams, all hoping to try their luck with Lu Li.

They flew for several hours.

Eventually, only Zhang Dingren and a young man in black were still searching for traces of Lu Li.

“Fellow daoist, I’m afraid he’s long gone.”

The young man in black sighed slightly, his face filled with regret.

Zhang Dingren also appeared unwilling to give up.

“Even if we return to compete, it’s unlikely that we’ll succeed. This trip is a complete failure…”

Both men looked somewhat despondent.

Just then, a cold voice sounded beside their ears.

“Are you looking for me?”

Lu Li smiled slightly and, in a few flashes, appeared from a distance.

He stood with his hands behind his back in mid-air, his aura restrained, making him seem somewhat harmless.

“It’s you!”

Zhang Dingren and the other man showed ecstatic expressions.

“Ha ha… Heaven has a path which you did not take; instead, killing this man, we’ll split the treasures equally.”

They exchanged a glance and, filled with confidence, struck immediately.

Both exerted their full strength, summoning their Flying Swords as magic treasures, slashing swiftly towards Lu Li’s head like lightning.

Endless Sword Qi flickered in the void, the killing intent materialized.

Lu Li no longer toyed with them; his body transformed into a giant figure, his aura of Evil Star rising.

He threw a punch.

This punch, using all his Divine Power along with two Innate Divine Abilities, was like a falling star smashing ferociously toward the young man in black on his right.

“Clang…”

His iron fist directly repelled the incoming Flying Swords and then, with unabated momentum, smashed into the young man in black.

As terror filled the other’s face, the punch landed violently on his head.

“Bang…”

The man’s head instantly shattered like porcelain, turning into clumps of blood that fell to the ground, creating a grotesquely bloody scene.

The young man in black was obliterated with one punch.

From the moment Lu Li attacked to the man’s demise, it all happened in an instant.

Zhang Dingren then reacted, staring at Lu Li in terror.

“A top-tier powerhouse?”

His whole body began to tremble, a chill surging to his heart.

The man in black was about as strong as he was, both belonging to the third tier.

Unable to withstand even one strike, he probably couldn’t either.

Realizing this, he began to feel desperate.

To think that the prey just now had suddenly turned into a ferocious tiger was somewhat unbelievable.

“Die.”

In Zhang Dingren’s profound terror, Lu Li made his move.

With a thought, a Divine Weapon immediately appeared in his hand.

He raised his hand and swung an axe.

The cold light flickered as if it would cut through the void, rapidly slashing towards Zhang Dingren.

Sensing strands of death looming, Zhang Dingren summoned a Defensive Treasure Cauldron with all his might, setting it above his head.

Threads of yellow light cascaded down, enveloping him thickly.

Just as he summoned the magic treasure, Lu Li’s attack also arrived.

“Crack.”

With a soft sound, the cauldron was split in two, its spiritual light dimming as it fell to the ground.

Then the Divine Weapon continued its relentless slash towards Zhang Dingren.

“Ah…”

In Zhang Dingren’s desperate gaze, the axe light flashed past and a large head soared into the sky, blood gushing out.

As his consciousness gradually blurred, Zhang Dingren felt immense regret.

If he had not provoked this Evil Star, he would not have fallen here.

A step away from the Nascent Soul Path, doomed to be only a mirage, like flowers in a mirror or the moon in the water.